Nutrition and cognition: Meeting the challenge to obtain credible and evidence-based facts

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 68, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Schmitt, Jeroen A J ^a,b  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognition; Long term randomized controlled trials; Nutrition; Research methods

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; GLUCOSE; IODINE; IRON; LIPID; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN B GROUP; ZINC;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUTRITION; RISK FACTOR;

COGNITION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77958459772     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2010.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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